UMCOR

United Methodist Committee on Relief

Relief Supply Network

UMCOR operates two supply depots, the UMCOR Sager Brown Depot is in Baldwin, Louisiana and UMCOR Depot West in Salt Lake City, Utah. We also collaborate with a network of United Methodist Relief-Supply Warehouses across the United States. Church donators can send or drop off kits and supplies at the depot nearest to them, assured that their donations will be received and distributed by UMCOR.

UMCOR Depots

UMCOR Sager Brown: Baldwin, LA

The UMCOR Sager Brown Depot is the hub of UMCOR’s relief-supply operations. Each year, more than 2,000 volunteers prepare about $6 million in supplies for shipment from the Baldwin facility. Locally, UMCOR Sager Brown reaches out to Baldwin neighbors through food distribution and housing rehabilitation projects, engaging volunteers in these projects that help families and the elderly. At a shelter for survivors of domestic abuse and at a women's teen challenge center for drug and alcohol addiction, our volunteers provide assistance with painting rooms and sorting items in their Thrift Shops and Food Pantries. To help meet the nutritional needs of local children, volunteers distribute food items to parents from the Pre-School Food Pantry at a local Head Start school. Also, Sager Brown Volunteers have opportunity to read to children at some local Head Start Centers.

UMCOR Depot West: Salt Lake City, UT

UMCOR Depot West is located in the western Jurisdiction and provides an opportunity for volunteerism with the UMCOR kit ministry. Depot West is a 22,000 sq. ft warehouse where volunteers verify and make kits. UMCOR Depot West works closely with Crossroads, an ecumenical organization that provides community support to those in need.

UMCOR Affiliated Warehouses

In 2000, Eastbrook United Methodist Church acquired a former dairy barn as part of its purchase of a new parsonage. In 2008, the church began using the heated office space to store UMCOR cleaning buckets. Today, it is dedicated to storing relief supplies year-round, as well as to providing a work space for teams of volunteers.

Mission Response Center is owned and operated by the Western North Carolina Annual Conference. It collaborates with UMCOR to receive and store kits. They also warehouse building material and supplies and offer hands-on mission projects to volunteers in the conference.

Mission Central is the mission warehouse of the Susquehanna Annual Conference. It stores and distributes relief supplies and hosts volunteers. The volunteers help assemble and verify relief kits, and also participate in local outreach projects.

Midwest Mission Distribution Center is operated by the North Central Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church and has been a cooperating depot in the UMCOR Relief-Supply Network since 2009. It provides opportunities for individuals and groups, denominations, abilities, and ages to help provide disaster-relief kits and resources, as well as educational and medical supplies, to those in need both locally and internationally.

This Disaster Relief and Missions, under the auspice of the Northwest District of the North Alabama United Methodist Conference, is charged with the warehousing of UMCOR Disaster Relief Supplies such as cleaning buckets, health kits, and school kits among others. It provided opportunities for church mission committees and others to fulfill their ministries. The volunteers also engage in preparing medical supplies for Medical Mission teams, the infant casket ministry as well as the Christmas Shoe Box ministry for United Methodists missionaries.

Dedicated in 2010 by the Southwest Texas Conference, the Martinez Disaster Response Center is now operated by the Rio Texas Conference. The Center serves as a collection center for UMCOR kits from the Rio Texas Conference and other conferences in the region. An inventory of cleaning buckets and health kits is maintained for distribution during regional disasters. The center also serves as storage for equipment used by disaster response teams from the Rio Texas Conference.

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Missouri Conference of the United Methodist Church, Columbia, MO

The Missouri Conference Disaster Response facility serves as a satellite collection and distribution point for UMCOR kits. Large debris removal equipment is also housed at the Missouri Depot, such as skid, large dump trailer, trucks, and flat bed trailers.

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

Sager Brown and Depot West volunteer registration for 2019 begins January 10, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. Reservation requests will be taken both through email and telephone in a first come first serve time date manner.